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116TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 116-171
SMALL BUSINESS REORGANIZATION ACT OF 2019
JULY 23, 2019.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. NADLER, from the Committee on the Judiciary,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 3311]
The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill
(H.R. 3311) to amend chapter 11 of title 11, United States Code,
to address reorganization of small businesses, and for other pur-
poses, having considered the same, report favorably thereon with-
out amendment and recommend that the bill do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
P urpose an d Sum m ary ........................................................................................... 1
Background and Need for the Legislation ............................................................ 2
H e arin g s ................................................................................................................... 4
C om m ittee C onsideration ....................................................................................... 5
C om m ittee V otes ...................................................................................................... 5
Com m ittee Oversight Findings ............................................................................... 5
New Budget Authority and Tax Expenditures and Congressional Budget Of-
fice C ost E stim ate ............................................................................................... 5
Duplication of Federal Program s ........................................................................... 5
Perform ance Goals and Objectives ........................................................................ 5
A dvisory on E arm ark s ............................................................................................ . 6
Section-by-Section A nalysis .................................................................................... 6
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ..................................... 9
Purpose and Summary
H.R. 3311, the Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019,
would streamline the bankruptcy process by which small busi-
nesses debtors reorganize and rehabilitate their financial affairs.
This bipartisan measure was introduced by Representative Ben
Cline (R-VA) together with Antitrust, Commercial, and Adminis-
trative Law Subcommittee (ACAL Subcommittee) Chairman David
N. Cicilline (D-RI), Full Committee Ranking Member Doug Collins
(R-GA) and Representative Steve Cohen (D-TN) as original co-
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